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  • Israel and the Church: Does One Equal the Other, Part 2

      In a previous post (June 25, 2012) I began sharing many of the distinctions between Israel and the Church.  In particular, I simply shared twelve of the twenty-four contrasts that were identified by Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer in the fourth volume of his Systematic Theology, and, in some cases, clarified or refined by Dr. Arnold…

  • Israel and the Church: Does One Equal the Other?

    Israel and the Church are two distinct entities with two distinct purposes in God’s plan for the ages.

  • They Call Me Pastor

    The shepherd is the one who leads the sheep to pasture and to water; the one who cares for them…

  • Shepherd, Not CEO!

    “Therefore, I exhort the elders among you,…shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness; nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge…” – 1 Peter 5:1-3 I am a pastor.  I have…